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Photo by @zyventures
Location: Oregon's version of Big Sur along the #OregonCoastTrail at #SamuelHBoardmanStatePark , 11 miles north of Brookings.
Situated next to #NaturalBridges , the beach has viewpoints along the Oregon Coast Trail which passes right by it along Highway 101. The trail was completed in sections during the 1970s and 1980s, but Native Americans carved the first trail along the coast thousands of years ago to hunt and trade. Explorers, gold seekers and settlers all traversed parts of the same worn path—over packed sand along the shoreline, through streams, via ferry crossings, and on muddy, narrow and perilously steep roads through thick forest. It wasn’t until 1936, when the new Roosevelt Highway (later renamed #OregonCoastHighway ) was completed, that motorists could easily access the remote south coast.
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Three things to remember at the start of every day ☕:
1. This is my real life
2. Joy is easier when I quit complaining
3. I never know what the third thing is going to be until later, so I try to pay attention the whole time so I don't miss it
4. Just because I make a list doesn't mean I have any idea HOW the day's actually going to go. HA!

ONE WEEK LEFT!!! SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS TODAY!!! Today’s all about #environmental#activism , because without the Oregon Coast Trail, there would BE no Borderline Cards! That’s the experience that empowered @jenniferdennifer to found this brand!
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Can you imagine these iconic places on the Oregon coast covered in oil and/or tar balls? Can you imagine these views being marred by offshore oil rigs? The Trump administration has opened the ENTIRE coastline of the US to offshore oil exploration and drilling. The Oregon coast, aka the People’s Coast, is part of that plan. Oil drilling already is a risky endeavor in terms of environmental impacts, and the idea of drilling in an active subduction zone overdue for a major earthquake is beyond ridiculous. That makes a spill inevitable.
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The good news is that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requires any government agency proposing any project that will have a significant environmental impact to do a significant amount of research before beginning. As per NEPA, they are currently collecting comments from the public regarding the proposed offshore drilling.
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Comments can be submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) online (preferred) or by mail, and are due March 9 at 11:59 pm. That’s ONE WEEK AWAY!
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Submit here: https://www.boem.gov/National-Program-Comment/#submitcomments
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Also, my friends and I have begun a spreadsheet of arguments that can be used against offshore drilling. Please use your own words, but feel free to borrow some of the ideas from there: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10d-X3Ad7Ab0gPOIuRl35uTckjkI8NEoi1y0Ekjd-Yww/edit?usp=sharing
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Thank you for standing up for our coast!!!
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